ALS, 1873 October 30 : Mid-Atlantic, to Dr. John Brown.

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ALS, 1873 October 30 : Mid-Atlantic, to Dr. John Brown.

Writes the Edinburgh physician, author of a popular dog story, of his family's stormy passage causing seasickness "25 hours out of 24." Also mentions a stowaway collie, and the death and burial at sea of a child.

4 p. ; 20 x 13 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6824721

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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